Dare to Be

Saturday, June 21, 2008

I'd like to share a meaningful text from a friend slash officemate. I took the liberty of adding some personal touches so here it goes...

Some words to live by...

"Always live the life you want to live, be the person you can be proud of. Make decisions, make mistakes. If you fall, you fell because you tried. No regrets. You win some, you lose some. You can't win them all. You can't please everyone no matter how hard you try. Find reasons to be happy instead. Love yourself, help yourself and then some. Embrace the total dork in you because life is too short to be always cool. You are what you are, and a whole lot more if you want to."

Got Complimented

Friday, June 20, 2008

Natuwa naman ako. I received a nice compliment today. I was caught off guard, actually. I was surprised because I wasn’t feeling particularly good about myself. More so, I was just sporting a plain white shirt and jeans. Hmmm, I think it was one of the sincerest of compliments I’ve received. He said he just wanted to say it, no strings attached. I said thanks for making me smile, no strings attached too; to which he replied that he simply wanted to compliment me - not for anything else and in all honesty, it wasn’t even meant to make me smile.

Sometimes the nicest of compliments are those that are least expected. It goes to show that a simple compliment can go a loooong way. No need for flowery words, really. It doesn't even have to mean anything (i.e., it can actually be platonic).